SCISSORTAIL


Meaning of SCISSORTAIL in English

/siz"euhr tayl'/ , n.

1. Also called scissortailed flycatcher /siz"euhr tayld'/ . a flycatcher, Muscivora forficatus, of the southern U.S., Mexico, and Central America, having a long, deeply forked tail.

2. any of various other birds having a long, forked tail.

[ 1830-40; SCISSOR(S) + TAIL 1 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .